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1960 Michael Stipe, U.S. rock vocalist, REM-Losing My Religion, Stand

1955 Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies

1946 Sammy Johns, rocker, Politics, Religion and Her

1921 Karel van het Reve, Dutch Slavist, Comrade's Religion

1890 Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education

1882 Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel, theologist, Fear and Religion

1852 Charles Taze Russell, religion founder, Jehovah's Witnesses

1839 Palace of Gulhane Turkey, freedom of religion proclaimed

1829 English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics

1823 Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion

1750 Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50

1740 King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion and freedom of the press

1711 Willem Brakel, Fries theologist (Reasonable Religion), dies at 76

1703 John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder, Methodists

1689 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants

1681 Hungarian parliament promises protestants freedom of religion

1669 French King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion

1660 English king Charles II ends Decl of Breda (freedom of religion)

1635 Willem Brakel, Frisian theologist, Reasonable religion

1609 Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion

1609 Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion

1609 Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion

1571 Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion

1567 War of Religion - Huguenots try to kidnap king Charles IX

1564 Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion

1555 Freedom of Religion in Augsburg

1552 Treaty of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion

570 Religion of Islam (submission) founded in Mecca

392 Emperor Theodosius declares christian religion, state religion


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